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Carrier Heads Promote Federal Option
By Arthur D. PostalChairman of two giant insurers are calling for a federal charter for insurance.
March 12, 2009
Insurer Adds LTC Insurance Sales KitJohn Hancock Life Insurance is putting out a new set of marketing and prospecting tools for financial advisors who sell long term care insurance.
March 12, 2009
Lawmakers Grill FASB ChairmanMembers of a House panel today clashed over efforts to press the Financial Accounting Standards Board to address concerns about "mark to market" accounting rules.
March 11, 2009
Bank Annuity Sales SurgeTotal bank annuity sales climbed to $5.1 billion in December 2008, up 37% from the December 2007 total.
March 11, 2009
Eastbridge: Worksite Vendors Expect GrowthMost worksite benefit carriers, brokers and administrators expect to increase the number of new groups they acquire this year.
March 11, 2009
N.Y. Life Goes MobileNew York Life Insurance Company now is making many of its Web services available through cellular telephones and through other hand-held mobile devices.
March 11, 2009
Panel Reviews SEC BudgetHouse members gave Mary Schapiro, the new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, a warm welcome today at a hearing on the agency's budget.
March 11, 2009
MIB: First Activity Increase Since 2007U.S. life insurers received 1% more requests for individual coverage in February than they received in February 2008 - and 15% more for applicants ages 60 and older.